When Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi both landed their high jumps at 2.37 meters, they were in the battle for Olympic gold. But when both jumpers missed the next mark—the Olympic record of 2.39 meters—three times each, they were officially tied for first place.
In such a tie, the athletes would usually do a “jump-off” to determine who wins gold and who wins silver. But as the official began to explain the options to Barshim and Tamberi, Barshim asked, “Can we have two golds?”
“It’s possible,” the official responded. “It depends, if you both decide…” And before he’d even told them how sharing the gold would work, the two jumpers looked at each other, nodded, and then launched into a wholesome and joyful celebration guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
Just watch:
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(If you are unable to view the video above, check it out on NBC’s YouTube channel here.)
The two jumpers have been competing against one another for more than a decade and are friends on and off the field, so getting to share the gold is a win-win—literally—for both of them. It’s also a historic choice. According to the BBC, the last time competing track and field Olympians shared the gold medal podium was in 1912.
The friendship and camaraderie between the two athletes are palpable and their immediate decision to share the gold truly embodies the Olympic spirit.
“I look at him, he looks at me, and we know it,” Barshim said, according to the CBC. “We just look at each other and we know, that is it, it is done. There is no need.”
“He is one of my best friends,” he added, “not only on the track, but outside the track. We work together. This is a dream come true. It is the true spirit, the sportsman spirit, and we are here delivering this message.”
Barshim was the silver medalist in the event in the Rio 2016 Olympics, and Tamberi suffered a career-threatening injury prior to those games, which took him out of medal contention.
“After my injuries, I just wanted to come back,” Tamberi told CNN. “But now I have this gold, it’s incredible. I dreamed of this so many times. I was told in 2016 just before Rio, there was a risk I wouldn’t be able to compete anymore. It’s been a long journey.”
What a beautiful display of sportsmanship, excellence, and genuine human connection. This is what the Olympics are all about. Love to see it.
It does feel like we say it every month but honestly… November is an outstanding month for beer drinkers. As the month begins, fall is heading straight towards winter like a train fueled by Cascade hops and roasted malts. In most places, there’s already a nip in the air. There are still random warm days for lighter beers, sure, but now that Daylight Savings Time is over, the days are ridiculously, uncomfortably short, and getting colder as we move towards December.
It’s a great month to imbibe warming, maltier, and higher-ABV beers. That’s our big thesis here.
This is a month for imperial IPAs, stouts, dark lagers, porters, and even a pilsner here and there (mostly because there’s no wrong time for a well-made, crisp pilsner). Keep reading to see our eight picks for can’t-miss November beers. Some are new releases, others are seasonal favorites, and all are perfect for imbibing while you sit by a backyard fire or on a porch covered in a heavy blanket as the cool fall evening wind rustles in the trees.
This beer was created to taste like a Manhattan in beer form. It’s a potent 12% ABV amber ale that was matured for nine months in whiskey barrels. Dark cherry and orange flavors are added to complete the beer cocktail feeling.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is filled with dried cherries, orange peels, oak, and warming bourbon. There’s more of the same on the palate as cherries, candied orange peels, oak, vanilla, and sweet bourbon take center stage. It’s a unique, warming beer for a cold fall night.
Bottom Line:
The folks at Ommegang set out to make a beer that tasted like a Manhattan cocktail and they did just that. Wave after wave of bourbon, cherry, and orange make this a memorable beer.
A late fall and early winter favorite, Troegs’ Blizzard of Hops is back for another year. It’s brewed with Pilsner, unmalted wheat, and wheat, as well as Centennial, Chinook, El Dorado, and Galaxy hops. This results in a fruity, pine-forward IPA well-suited for colder-weather drinking.
Tasting Notes:
The nose is surprisingly fruity with aromas of candied pineapple, pale malt, orange rind, and bright pine needles. Drinking it reveals hints of lemon candy, orange peel, grapefruit, pineapple, light caramel malts, and dank, resinous spruce tips. The finish is dry and lightly bitter.
Bottom Line:
This is a classic, citrus-forward, dank pine IPA. It might be a seasonal IPA, but it’s so good you’ll want to drink it all winter long.
If you’ve never tried this seasonal dark lager, this is the month to grab a six-pack. Known for its mix of roasted malts and light, hoppy bitter flavor, it’s brewed with Hallertauer Mittelfrüh and Hersbrucker hops as well as pilsner, dark Munich, Carahell, Carafa II, light Munich, and Carapils malts.
Tasting Notes:
A nose of caramel, roasted malts, chocolate, and dried fruits start everything off on the right foot. The palate is filled with more roasted malts, yeasty bread, dark chocolate, coffee, and dried fruits. With that being said, it’s surprisingly light and drinkable.
Bottom Line:
This is a great fall beer. It’s filled with rich, bold flavors and aromas but it’s light and has a low enough ABV to be sessionable on a warmer fall day.
Brooklyn Fonio Rising
Brooklyn
ABV: 6.4%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
Fonio has been called the “seed of the universe”. It’s an ancient “super grain” from West Africa that has been grown for more than 5,000 years. Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garret Oliver has been using the grain in his beers since 2019. This new double pilsner was brewed with fonio as well as Hallertau, Perle, and Saaz hops.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find aromas of pineapple, mango, citrus peels, and floral, piney hops. The palate is a symphony of flavors including mango, honey, caramelized pineapple, grapefruit, lychee, and floral, earthy hops. The finish is crisp, sweet, and highly refreshing.
Bottom Line:
Regardless of whether or not you know anything about fonio or any other ancient grains, after one sip you’ll agree that this is a flavorful, crisp pilsner that can’t be missed.
Historically, a marauder is someone who raids and pillages towns, villages, or cities. Fat Head’s decided to name its fall seasonal imperial IPA after this raider because it believes there is a “ruthless” amount of Chinook and Citra hops in this resinous, pine-filled beer.
Tasting Notes:
On the nose, you’ll find scents of dank, resinous pine, papaya, mango, pineapple, grapefruit, and cereal grains. One sip and you’ll be transported to a world of juicy grapefruit, caramel malts, pineapple, papaya, mango, passionfruit, and dank, lingering, resinous hops. The finish is bright, crisp, dry, and perfectly bitter.
Bottom Line:
This tropical fruit, citrus, and resinous hop-filled imperial IPA will transport you to a tropical paradise even on the coldest fall days.
With a name like Firestone Walker Cinnamon Dolce Nitro Stout, you should have a pretty good grasp on what this beer is all about before you crack one open. This winter release was first launched in 2021. It begins with a stout brewed with dark roasted specialty malts which is then infused with cinnamon and vanilla beans before being nitrogenated.
Tasting Notes:
Complex aromas of cinnamon sugar, vanilla beans, coffee beans, chocolate, and almond cookies make for an interesting nose. The mouthfeel is velvety and smooth, and the palate is filled with dark chocolate, vanilla beans, cinnamon candy, and freshly brewed coffee. The finish is semisweet, creamy, and indulgent.
Bottom Line:
This beer is as close to a dessert stout as you’re likely to find. It’s great on its own, but it’s even better when it’s poured over vanilla bean ice cream.
Genesee Citrus Pilsner
Genesee
ABV: 4.5%
Average Price: Limited Availability
The Beer:
Genesee has become well-known for its seasonal releases, but this one is even more special than the others. This is because it was brewed after being chosen in a fan vote. It’s a refreshing, crisp pilsner with natural tangerine and lime flavors. It might not seem like a fall beer, but who wouldn’t want a summery vacation in a can on a cold fall night?
Tasting Notes:
The nose is all pilsner malts, honey, tangerine, orange, lime, and bright, floral snappy hops. The palate continues this trend. It’s crisp, highly refreshing, and loaded with bready malts, sweet honey, orange peels, grapefruit, lime, and floral, earthy hops.
Bottom Line:
There’s no wrong time of year for a pilsner. Especially a crisp, thirst-quenching pilsner with tangerine, lemon, and other citrus flavors.
There are a few fall/winter seasonals as eagerly awaited as Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh Hop IPA. Brewed with Caramelized and 2-row pale malts as well as ale yeast and Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook hops, it’s a well-balanced beer well-suited for late fall and early winter sipping.
Tasting Notes:
A nose of biscuit-like malts, caramel, honey, citrus peels, and earthy, lightly dank pine greet you before your first sip. The palate is centered on freshly baked bread, caramel malts, grapefruit, pineapple, grass, and dank, resinous pine. This well-balanced IPA finishes dry and pleasantly bitter.
Bottom Line:
There’s a reason Sierra Nevada Celebration Fresh Hop IPA is one of the most popular winter seasonals. It’s sublimely well balanced between bready, caramel malts, and bright, piney hops.
Despite ramping up its marketing campaign and heavily teasing that the film will have an X-Men connection, the box office predictions for The Marvels have continued to plummet. Just last week, the Captain Marvel sequel was already looking at an opening weekend that’s barely half of what the first Brie Larson film pulled in. Those numbers have not gotten any better.
According to Deadline, The Marvels could arrive in theaters with one of the lowest opening weekends in Marvel history as tracking for the sequel keeps dropping:
The Marvels, which is also an extension to Disney+ series WandaVision and Ms. Marvel, has seen its weekend forecast collapse from $75M-$80M three weeks ago to around $60M stateside. Some tracking services, such as Quorum, have lowered their estimates to $50M+. The Marvels opens this Friday.
That’s a domestic opening that low puts the $200M production in the neighborhood of Ant-Man ($57.2M), and lower than Marvel’s November misfire Eternals ($71.2M).
Obviously, international box office is not looking great either. To add insult to injury, Deadline also reports that presales for The Marvels are roughly the same as The Flash, which resulted in yet another massive superhero bomb for Warner Bros.
Marvel used to be the box-office king, but if its movies start performing as badly as the last vestiges of the DCEU, that’s not a great sign. The studio probably should be going into panic mode as Variety reported last week.
There’s a good chance I’ve written this quick, at best marginally interesting story before, but I decided I don’t care so here it is again. The first Yorgos Lanthimos movie I ever saw was his first English language movie, The Lobster. I remember seeing it in 2015 (I seriously can’t believe it’s been that long, but also I can) at the Toronto International Film Festival because I like Colin Farrell movies and absolutely fell in love with it. Though, as you know if you’ve seen it, it’s a strange film, as most if not all Lanthimos’s movies fall into this category. As I walked out, a colleague and I started joking how that was a “meat and potatoes” kind of movie (again, it’s not). How it’s, “the kind of movie you watch with the family around the holidays,” (also a joke). You know, “It’s the kind of movie John Wayne used to make,” (maybe if he’d been tricked, and I’m fairly convinced he got tricked into doing The Searchers, so I’ll leave this one open).
I thought of these jokes after I saw The Killing of a Sacred Dear and The Favourite – a movie I like but strangely my least favorite of those three, even though it’s by far the most successful of the three and the most accessible. Anyway, I thought of all that again when I saw Poor Things, a movie I’m fairly sure I love, but I don’t like saying that so soon after I see something because I do think longevity matters with these sorts of things. There are a lot of movies I’ve loved over the years that I truly have never thought about again, which kind of proves I didn’t love them as much as I perhaps thought I did. Though Lanthimos’s movies do have a way of sticking with me long after I’ve seen them, so I feel slightly more comfortable making that claim here.
What’s interesting about Poor Things, as opposed to, say, The Lobster, is how Lanthimos weaves his absurd and macabre story into something that feels more like this entire world we are watching is absurd.
We first meet Bella (Emma Stone), fully grown, but acting like an infant. She’s the creation of Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), who found her body floating in a river after an apparent suicide. At the time Bella’s former self drowned, she was pregnant. Dr. Baxter, who, himself, had been experimented on endlessly as a child by his father, transplants the unborn baby’s brain into Bella, creating a grown adult with the mind of a child. Max McCandles (Ramy Youssef) is hired by Dr. Baxter to document Bella’s progress, which is fast. Max then falls in love with Bella and Dr. Baxter suggests the two marry, with the stipulation Bella never leaves the premises. The lawyer reviewing this agreement, a cad named Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo, having the time of his life) convinces Bella to run off with him instead promising that he’s the greatest lover who’s ever lived. And off we go.
Most of the movie follows Bella’s physical journey from location to location, but also (as you’ve probably heard by now) her sexual journey. An interesting thing about Bella is her transformation from the behavior of an infant to, by the end, a very intelligent woman, is so gradual there’s never an “oh, there it is” moment. Every phase of Bella’s mental growth still has some traits of the previous one and some traits of the one to come, blending them all together where we, as an audience, really feel like we watched this person become fully developed over the course of 140 minutes.
Emma Stone gives the performance of a lifetime in this. The best word I can give here is “fearless.” She does a lot of things in this movie that a lot of actors would never do. Acting is hard! Especially in a role like this, while everyone in the cast crew is doing their job but also there observing. If there’s an ounce of doubt in Stone’s mind about the performance she’s giving, just a little bit of that self-conscious fear, there’s no possible way this works. Like, seriously … none. But she just goes for it and it’s a masterful thing to watch.
Though, at the aforementioned 140 minutes, there’s only so long a person, namely us, can stay in this world without it wearing out its welcome, and by the time Poor Things ended I was almost there, but not quite. Though I can certainly see someone not as high on Lanthimos’s aesthetics and quirks having a lower threshold. It’s a lot. But, personally, I’m glad it’s a lot. Poor Things does feel like a culmination, of sorts, of all the things that make Lanthimos’s movies unique and special. I, for one, am very pleased he’s still making what would be the opposite of these “meat and potatoes” movies.
For decades, the city of West Hollywood has been rooted in celebrating diversity, community and glamor as it resides in the entertainment capital of the world. It’s an epicenter of culture-making, a historically known LGBTQ+ destination, and one hell of a place to celebrate life. Last week, the always-lively neighborhood officially proved to be back and better than ever post-pandemic as it kicked off the return of the infamous West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval after a four-year hiatus.
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This year especially, the celebration attracted partygoers from near and far for dancing, food trucks, buzzy bar hopping, and a myriad of self-expression through creative and culturally relevant costumes along a one-mile (shut down) stretch of Santa Monica Blvd. The energy was magnetic—as if the thousands of revelers were one big family reuniting in a safe and open space to dance together. The DJ played a variety of house mixes as dancers performed in the shadows to Rihanna and Miley Cyrus along with ‘90s club classics like “Jump Around.”
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WeHo went all out and lined the streets with spooky decorations and rainbow lights giving revelers a festive stage to frolic on.
“Here in West Hollywood, Halloween is like gay Christmas,” Mayor Pro Tempore, John Erickson said as he addressed the crowd of disco queens, life-sized memes, goblins, and Swifties.
The return of the Halloween Carnaval represents the return of something bigger: the resilience of West Hollywood as a city. Small businesses and restaurants along Santa Monica Blvd have prevailed through a tough stretch, with historical mainstays like The Roxy Theater celebrating 50 years this fall. The Halloween Carnaval was only the beginning, as WeHo continues a newer celebration from November 3rd to November 12th: Eat and Drink Week. It’s 10 days of amazing food, creative cocktails, and special offers from the best restaurants in the neighborhood, celebrating culinary artistry, innovation, and the rich tapestry of flavors that make West Hollywood a unique hotspot.
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Whether you live in the L.A. area or not, West Hollywood is and will always be an eclectic place to eat, drink, dance, and party. It boasts creativity, community, self-expression, and idealism. Stay tuned for more celebrations and city updates at www.visitwesthollywood.com
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Hip-hop has had a misogyny problem almost as long as it has been around. And yes, it’s a reflection of the larger society around it, but it’s easier to see it when everyone in the genre has a microphone and a platform from which to blast some of their most wrongheaded ideas.
In recent years, plenty has improved. More women than ever are charting and making their voices heard, and many more overt examples of sexism are being called out. That’s what happened when Timbaland, the veteran super producer responsible for some of pop music’s biggest hits, overstepped his bounds as he addressed Britney Spears’ recent tell-all memoir.
During an onstage discussion at the Afrotech Conference in Austin, Texas this past weekend, Timbaland was asked by an attendee if he’d seen the headlines coming out about the book, especially in reference to his “Cry Me A River” collaborator Justin Timberlake. In response, Tim joked, “I wanted to call JT and say, ‘Man! You gotta put a muzzle on that girl.’”
Timbaland says Justin Timberlake should have put a “muzzle” on Britney Spears, following the release of her memoir:
“I wanted to call JT and say ‘Man! You should have put a muzzle on that girl.’”
While the crowd in attendance laughed — because, again, the society around us is still rooted in sexism — fans online didn’t appreciate his comment, calling him out in replies to viral reposts of the video of the response.
“Timbaland is the one who needs a muzzle,” wrote one fan. “We didn’t forget about his gross Aaliyah comments. He’s still upset Britney didn’t want to work with him. A nasty man.”
Timbaland is the one who needs a muzzle. We didn’t forget about his gross Aaliyah comments. He’s still upset Britney didn’t want to work with him. A nasty man.
she has been silent for long enough. yall expect women to stay silent and accept all the terrible things you do. it’s time to wake up and realize nobody cares about protecting you. https://t.co/ldjabpJy8d
We don’t talk about the time Jay-Z had an intervention to put a muzzle on Timbaland because he was addicted to painkillers consistently talking crazy. Since he wants to talk about reckless behavior, lets start there… https://t.co/9ZFKSfpegU
Getting a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle is no easy task. That task becomes exponentially harder when you take into consideration the age statement of the bottle that you want to get. Yes, a ten-year-old Old Rip Van Winkle is way easier to get (and far cheaper) than a 15-year-old.
Today, that opportunity arrives with a nice bonus of doing good. Former University of Oregon star and NFL quarterback Joey Harrington just launched his second annual charity raffle, the Bourbon Barrel Benefit. For a $100 entry fee, you’ll be in a raffle to win five bottles from the Buffalo Trace Distillery — one Pappy 20-Year and four Weller Full Proof Wheated Bourbons that Harrington (and I!) picked to benefit his charity.
That’s an incredible selection of Buffalo Trace whiskey for a mere $100 raffle ticket (you can buy as many tickets as you want!). The Pappy alone is worth thousands and similar barrel pick single barrel Weller Full Proofs go for $500 easily. The point is, this is rare stuff that everyone in the whiskey-drinking world wants.
Before I get into what’s in these bottles, let me break down what your $100 will actually go towards:
The charity offers students $5,000 per year and up to $20,000 per student to assist them in chasing their collegiate dreams.
The Harrington Family Foundation also offers mentorship to selected students throughout their college careers and leading into their working adult lives with mentors coming from the highest echelons of business, law, medicine, education, and more.
Rather than just picking straight-A students, the foundation actively seeks out multi-talented leaders who are eager to benefit their communities.
Very long story short, your $100 raffle ticket will be helping kids afford to go to college. And you might get an amazing bottle of Kentucky bourbon in return. Let’s dive into those bourbons right now!
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This is the Pappy that made “Pappy” what it is today. The wheated bourbon rests for 20 long years in Buffalo Trace warehouses without any meddling. The barrels that actually make it to the 20-year mark are batched and that juice is then proofed down before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Moist and spicy Christmas cake brims with walnuts and pecans, dried fruit and candied fruits, and dark molasses sweetness next to woody cinnamon bark, clove berries, star anise, and a hint of salted black licorice as soft woody maple syrup hint at a sourdough pancake griddled with brown butter on the nose.
Palate: The palate adds a sweet sense of vanilla creaminess with soft apple pie filling before heavily roasted chocolate-covered espresso beans pop in with a touch of bitter orange.
Finish: The end combines all of that toward an old tobacco pipe that’s burnt a century’s worth of rich tobacco flavored with all of the above.
Bottom Line:
This is an excellent bottle and hyped for a reason. There are few whiskeys out there at this age that taste this good. Pour it neat, over a rock, or make the best cocktail of your life with it. Whatever path you choose, you won’t be disappointed.
Weller The Original Wheated Bourbon Full Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey — Harrington Family Foundation Single Barrel Pick
This bottle is a single barrel pick of Weller Full Proof that Harrington and I picked back in April of 2023. That whiskey goes into the bottle at “full proof” which is not “barrel proof.” The “full proof” this refers to is the proof of the hot juice when it goes into the barrel for aging. That whiskey will come out of the barrel somewhere around 57% but not right at it. So there may be a little proofing water involved. Hence, it is always 114 proof and not 114.7 one year and 113.1 the next year or 115.9 the year after that.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Ripe and sour cherries lead the way with a thick vanilla underbelly, a hint of salted caramel, and woody cinnamon next to whole nutmeg bulbs on the nose with this slight echo of almost singed cherry bark.
Palate: The palate leans into the sharpness of the cinnamon and the lushness of the vanilla as a foundation as layers of buttery caramel cake frosting with a hint of sassafras and licorice next to dry cedar bark braids with a thin line of sweet grass and a whisper of sourdough fritters.
Finish: The end leans into creamy brandy butter cut with dark-chocolate-covered dried sour cherries sprinkled with salt and rolled in fresh tobacco leaves and stacked next to orange-laced marzipan in an old and slightly sweet cedar box.
Bottom Line:
Since this is a barrel-pick single-barrel product, there are only a few bottles out there. Winning four of them will be a huge boon for any whiskey collector’s vault.
After you’ve finished up your first run of Suits, you might be wondering which early-to-mid 2000s hour-long drama will be the next show to hold your attention. You’ve surely already seen and been haunted by every episode of Criminal Minds, and it’s too much of a time commitment to dive into all 400+ episodes of Grey’s Anatomy unless you began that journey over a decade ago and have no way out. So here comes Hulu deciding for you by adding all 177 episodes of House to the library! Have you seen House?! It might be time to watch House!
House stars Stuart Little’s Hugh Laurie as a grumpy doctor who is a major jerk but he’s good at saving lives so they keep him around. The show also had a star-studded cast, including Olivia Wilde, Jennifer Morrison, Kal Penn, Omar Epps, and Jesse Spencer. And Dave Matthews in one episode.
Every episode revolves around one medical mystery or a patient with confusing symptoms that Dr. House must try to dramatically cure. Laurie received six Emmy nominations for his ability to swap his British accent for a Central Jersey one, while also solving various ailments. Plus, every actor from the era has appeared on the show in some capacity, most of the time being very weird.
The series ran from 2004 to 2012 on Fox, or, if you were lucky, you could watch eights consecutive episodes on USA Network’s weekly Sunday marathons. The point is that it’s a good show…
Music is meant to be enjoyed with friends and family. This is the mission behind one of Apple Music’s newer features. Typically, near the end of the year, the focus is on year-end recap features. For Apple Music, that’s Replay, whereas Spotify has Wrapped. But if you plan to travel for the holiday season by car, Apple Music users will want to tap into Shareplay. So, what is Shareplay on Apple Music?
Similar to Apple Music Sing, Shareplay was invented as an interactive experience. Essentially, Shareplay, together with Apple Music, is a tool that allows multiple users to control the music in a capable vehicle. Instead of relying on one person, oftentimes the driver, to curate the tunes for a car ride, Shareplay grants several individuals the opportunity to contribute to what plays over the Soundsystem via Apple Play.
It is important to note that to access SharePlay within a vehicle, the driver that begins the music experience via their iPhone must be on the iOS 17 system or later. Also, you must have an active Apple Music subscription to host a SharePlay session.
However, according to Apple, for those joining an ongoing Shareplay session, you won’t need an Apple Music subscription to join a SharePlay session in the car. Find more information here.
The Los Angeles Lakers have not been happy with the officiating to start the season, particularly when it comes to the lack of calls LeBron James is receiving. James is averaging 5.7 free throw attempts per game, which is pretty much in line with what he’s averaged over the past five seasons, but the Lakers believe he’s getting contacted more often than it’s being called.
Tuesday’s game against the Miami Heat was apparently a breaking point for Darvin Ham, LeBron, and the Lakers, as Ham got T’d up for arguing a missed call, James voiced his frustration after the game, and according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN, the Lakers called the league office to voice a formal complaint, sending over videos of missed calls.
The Los Angeles Lakers contacted the NBA league office Tuesday about what they view as numerous missed foul calls in Monday’s 108-107 loss to the Miami Heat, sources told ESPN.
The Lakers’ main point of contention is how LeBron James was officiated, according to sources. The Lakers shared various clips showing what they believe to be clear illegal contact by Heat defenders against James that went unnoticed by the referees.
The other 29 fan bases, who all believe LeBron and the Lakers get preferential treatment from officials, will laugh at this, but what’s interesting is it highlights what seems to be an overall shift we’ve seen this season.
As a whole, free throw attempts are down among the stars that usually feast at the charity stripe. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Doncic, Jayson Tatum, Jimmy Butler, and Julius Randle were all top-10 in free throws attempted last year and all have seen their attempts per game from the stripe dip considerably this year. The only players from last year’s top 10 that have maintained or increased their attempts per game are Trae Young, Damian Lillard, and Paolo Banchero, indicating that calls are being let go more on the inside this year against bigger players.
What will be interesting to see is whether this continues, as it seems there’s a bit more lenience being granted to defenders for contact inside this year. We’ve seen points of emphasis for officials in the past often fade away as the season wears on, and if there is a directive to allow a bit more contact this year to improve game flow, we’ll have to see if officials and the league are willing to put up with the complaints from their highest profile stars to continue that as the season continues.
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